Yes they DO provide what they promise. They will get you the Line Training.
And NO, not only for Russians. I have seen quiet many Indians there walking around and doing their 737 and A320.
But WHY paying for your TR and LT? There are enough opportunities in India right now.
Besides paying for TR LT brings down everyones Terms and Conditions.
This is been discussed so many times here.
PAYING For TR is not that bad if there is a REAL job WITH salary afterwords and long term contract, but paying for LT and NO Salary is freakin
.
I did my initial integrated F ATPL CPL SEP MEP IR MCC there. I was very satisfied about the school, but that they do also P2F is something I absolutely not like in BAA. Once an employee of BAA asked me , what TR will you choose after your training? I said, I will not choose. The airline which will hire me , will tell me what I will do. And THEY have to pay for it. She was extremely surprised with that answer.
Because as I said, P2F brings down T&C's. As far as I know during LT you dont get salary in BAA's programs. WHY the .......... not getting paid? Stupid right? We as pilots are not some voluntairy social workers, living with the sunshine and air. If you work, you deserve to get paid a salary according to the demand of the job and its responsibilities and education.
I had two options after my training offered by BAA. One was on a very useless type. Where I had to pay 39K eu via them, but normally the price if you go via the airline itself is 26,5K eu. But they usually hire only if you have 1500 hrs TT. But still. Rip Off. 12,5 K is what BAA wanted to earn over my back. Perm. Contract, but paid only per flown Block Hour. 13,5 eu. In summer I could live, but in winter I have to beg on the streets for money to survive because will fly only few hours per month.
Option 2 was B737CL TR + LT 500 hrs and option without paying more another 1500 hrs. around 40-45K eu. No salary during LT but since they fly average 110 hrs pm ( which is above limits ) it could be done quiet quickly. But after LT
salary. Cities where they are based are expensive so have to live with some other guys. Also the Airline is Black Listed. So then I might have hrs on type but hard to go back to EU because many airlines dont appreciate exp. by black listed airlines.
So you could guess already. I said NO WAY to those ''great deals''.
Why? Because 1, its to expensive and 2, I am against P2F as you can clearly see in all of my comments in any thread about P2F.
And since most of us needed to get a loan to be able to obtain our licenses, it would be nice if we could pay it back someday. And with getting no salary and just making our loan bigger doesnt help very much. And with 500 hrs on type does not make it a lot easier to get a job. If you have 500 hrs on type, most airlines do know you did P2F. And some companies have not so much respect for guys who did that.
Going the way with the least resistance aint the best way.
There are other ways to get your first break. It is just the question how hard you want to work and the sacrifices you want to make ( not talking about paying a
load of money on P2F ).
Myself I am now Cabin Crew. And I hope via that way to get my Pilot job. And in this airline I will not need to pay for my own rating. Nothing is guaranteed , but it might be my way. Till I get that green light, I will work my ass off as a CC. I appreciate it very much that I had the opportunity to work here as CC. Nice airline with nice fleet.
You need to DESERVE your place.